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Finn Jones on Danny Rand’s journey from Iron Fist to The Defenders

January 16, 2017 by Gary Collinson

We’ve already heard from Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Mike Colter (Luke Cage) about Netflix’s The Defenders, and now former Game of Thrones star Finn Jones has been chatting to EW about his role as Danny Rand, and the character’s journey from Iron Fist through to the Marvel team-up.

“[Danny Rand] is a child trapped in a man’s body,” states Jones. “He’s an incredibly fierce warrior, but he doesn’t know who he is. Iron Fist is like Danny in his adolescence, and The Defenders is like Danny taking responsibility and moving forward with his purpose. On the one hand, he’s craving desperately for family, for help, for guidance, for people to learn from, and for a team. He’s looking for that deeply. But because of what happens in Iron Fist, he’s very untrusting of a lot of people, and he has a very independent spirit, and it’s really his way or no way.”

“What we’re seeing [in The Defenders] is Danny is definitely becoming more at ease, I’d say, and more comfortable with his environment because he has others around him, because he’s not going at it alone anymore,” he continues. “You get to see Danny’s brighter side coming out, and he’s not so tormented by this, but also because he’s found his purpose. In Iron Fist, he’s so unwound, because he doesn’t know who he is, there’s always so much confusion, and he’s always on the brink of a total meltdown, or totally annihilating something, someone, mainly himself. There’s always this high energy frenetic tension, but in Defenders, he’s definitely more responsible. He has ground, has drive. I’d say that’s the key word for Danny in The Defenders. He drives all of the Defenders to get behind him to solve this… [pauses as the publicist looks up] issue.”

SEE ALSO: First official images from Marvel’s The Defenders

“Marvel’s The Defenders follows Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.”

The Defenders will hit Netflix in 2017, with Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Finn Jones (Iron Fist), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Simone Missick (Misty Knight), Scott Glenn (Stick), Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple), Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker), Jessica Henwick (Colleen Wing) and Elodie Yung (Elektra) appearing alongside Sigourney Weaver as the villain, Alexandra.

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Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Finn Jones, Iron Fist, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Defenders

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